"Fast car" is kind of a continuation of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run." It has all the clawing your way to a better life, but in this case the protagonist never makes it with her love; in fact she is dragged back down by him.
There is still an amazing amount of hope and will in the lyrics; and the lyrics themselve rank and easy five. If only music was stronger it would be one of those great radio songs that you hear once a week 20 years after it was released. The imagery is almost tear-jerking ("City lights lay out before us", "Speeds so fast felt like I was drunk"), and the idea of starting from nothing and just driving and working and denigrating yourself for a chance at being just above poverty, then losing in the end is just painful and inspiring at the same time.
(Grace Slick)
She's been living to high trying to get through to heaven at night
They all knew she was bound to go down 'way before she fell
They all know how it feels to try and hold on to the light
They know the darkness of the night sky so well
But there?s just no way to tell her
She'll do it the hard way'
She's gonna break right through the sign that says
This is the end of the ride
She'll do it the hard way
She's gonna shake the hands of time and try to
Turn back the tide
She'll do it the hard way
She's gonna take whatever she can find until there's
No one by her side
And there's no place left to hide
Se sad I'm gonna get more out of living every day
She said I know how to get more out of life if I just had more time
If I can just keep on taking when someone else is giving it away
That way the sweet life - That'll be all mine in no time
But there's just no more time for her
Chorus
She said I've got to make 'en all think I'm winning so I'll just tell 'em lies
That way I can make sure no one ever knows just exactly what I mean
Then I can beat the drums and yell it to the skies
I'm the queen of the nut house I'm the queen
And I can justify myself - say I been cheated
I'm the only one in this game who knows how to play
And if it weren't for time - I'd never be defeated
But people, places and thongs - they get in my way
And I don't like what they say
She's gonna keep on doing it till she proves that they're all wrong
She's got to let 'em know she's the exception to the rule
She's got no friends 'cause she thinks she's so damn strong
But she's the only one who doesn't know that she's the fool
So now I'm asking you What will you do?
If you become the fool
She's been living to high trying to get through to heaven at night
They all knew she was bound to go down 'way before she fell
They all know how it feels to try and hold on to the light
They know the darkness of the night sky so well
But there?s just no way to tell her
She'll do it the hard way'
She's gonna break right through the sign that says
This is the end of the ride
She'll do it the hard way
She's gonna shake the hands of time and try to
Turn back the tide
She'll do it the hard way
She's gonna take whatever she can find until there's
No one by her side
And there's no place left to hide
Se sad I'm gonna get more out of living every day
She said I know how to get more out of life if I just had more time
If I can just keep on taking when someone else is giving it away
That way the sweet life - That'll be all mine in no time
But there's just no more time for her
Chorus
She said I've got to make 'en all think I'm winning so I'll just tell 'em lies
That way I can make sure no one ever knows just exactly what I mean
Then I can beat the drums and yell it to the skies
I'm the queen of the nut house I'm the queen
And I can justify myself - say I been cheated
I'm the only one in this game who knows how to play
And if it weren't for time - I'd never be defeated
But people, places and thongs - they get in my way
And I don't like what they say
She's gonna keep on doing it till she proves that they're all wrong
She's got to let 'em know she's the exception to the rule
She's got no friends 'cause she thinks she's so damn strong
But she's the only one who doesn't know that she's the fool
So now I'm asking you What will you do?
If you become the fool
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Do It the Hard Way Lyrics as written by Grace Wing Slick
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